Child&#39;s bed.



Nb. 850,845. PATENTED APR. 1 1907.

w.. H. MUIR.

GHILDS BED.

AYPLI OALTION FILED 00124, 1906.

INVENTOR UNITED STATES "PATENT onrron.

WILLIAM HOWIE MIIIR, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO JENKS AND MUIRMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPO- RATION.

CHILDS BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16, 1907.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HOWIE MUIR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of'Michigan, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Childrens Beds; and I declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to childrens beds.

It has for its object an attachment used to hold a sliding panel to theside of the main frame. By means of the improved attachment the panelmay be readily removed entirely and replaced in position and raised andlowered to fence in the bed or leave it open at the side.

In Figure 1 the relation between the part containing the invention andan ordinary crib is shown. In Fig. 2 is shown a post containing theinvention. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail. Fig. 4 shows a modified catchby which the panel is held.

The post 1 forms the corner-post of the crib. To the top and bottom aresecured brackets 2-and-3, one of which, 2, is provided with a socket forthe reception of the end of a rod 4, upon which the side panel 8 of thebed engages. The bottom bracket 3 is also provided with a socket andwith a notch leading through the side walls of the bracket into thesocket. The notch leading into the socket is narrower than the diameterof the socket. The rod 4 after having one end thereof engaged in thesocket in the bracket 3 may be swung through the notch into the socket1n the bracket 2. The socket in the bracket 2 is larger in diameter thanthe rod whichengages therein, and a fillet 5, which slips on the rod, ispushed along the rod into the socket.

The fillet 5 is of a diameter so great that it cannot swing through thenotch 6, and when slipped into place it effectively holds the rod inposition in the socket. The panel 8 is provided at its ends withbrackets 9 and 10, and these brackets are each provided with. eyes thatslip or can slip on the rod 4. The fillet 5 is preferably made of rubberand serves as a bumper or cushion when the bracket on the panel dropsagainst-it. The panel is held in its elevated position, by means ofhooks 11,

which couple the top bracket and the side thus secured in position,together with the panel to which it is attached.

What I claim is- 1. A holder for the sliding panel of a cribbedstead,having, in combination with a corner-post, laterally-projecting bracketsat the top and bottom thereof, one of said brackets being provided witha closed socket for the reception of the end of a rod and the other ofsaid brackets having a horizontally-extending notch terminating in acomplementary socket, a rod engaging between said sockets, and a filletadapted to slide on the rod and engage in one of said sockets and lockthe rod in place with respect thereto, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a pair of cornerposts, laterally-projectingbrackets at the top and bottom of each, one of the brackets on each posthaving a closed socket near its outer end and each of the others beingprovided with a socket having a passage leading thereto, a rod supportedby each pair of sockets in a position of substantial parallelism withrespect to its supporting post, fillets engagingabout each of said rodsand serving by engagement with said last-mentioned sockets to lock therods in position, a side panel of a bed having its end portions slidablyattached to said rods, and hooks supported by the upper one of each ofsaid pairs of brackets whereby the panel may be held at the desiredheight, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM I-IOWIE MUIR.

